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ver·si·col·or

 (vûr′sĭ-kŭl′ər) also ver·si·col·ored (-kŭl′ərd)
adj.
1. Having a variety of colors; variegated.
2. Changing in color; iridescent.

[Latin : versus, past participle of vertere, to turn; see verse1 + color, color; see color.]
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Instead of the white lily, which requires mud, or the common sweet flag, the blue flag (Iris versicolor) grows thinly in the pure water, rising from the stony bottom all around the shore, where it is visited by hummingbirds in June; and the color both of its bluish blades and its flowers and especially their reflections, is in singular harmony with the glaucous water.
There are six species of lobsters that are most commonly seen here, including: Panulirus japonicas, Panulirus longipes, Panulirus ornatus, Panulirus peniciliatus, Panulirus homarus, Panulirus versicolor.
PMH must be distinguished from some of its clinical mimickers, including vitiligo, hypopigmented mycosis fungoides, tinea versicolor, and pityriasis alba.
Pityriasis versicolor (PV) is a superficial fungal infection of skin, caused by genus Malassezia.1 M.
Objective: Comparison of efficacy of combination comprising 2% ketoconazole solution wash plus topical 1% clotrimazole versus topical 1% clotrimazole alone in management of patients with Pityriasis versicolor.
This paper present the morphological properties of Aspergillus terreus and Aspergillus versicolor including the conidiogenesis process when cultured on malt extract agar and yeast extract agar medium as a common medium used for identification of aspergilli.
Herpetological fauna of Dir Lower and Dir Upper districts (Northern mountainous region) of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Pakistan contains 11 species of lizards (Calotes versicolor farooqi, Laudakia agrorensis, Eublepharis macularius, Cyrtopodion scabrum, Hemidactylus brookii, Hemidactylus flaviviridis, Ophisops jerdonii, Asymblepharus himalayanus, Eurylepis taeniolatus, Eutropis dissimilis and Varanus bengalensis) and 16 species of snakes (Eryx johnii, Amphiesma stolatum, Boiga trigonata, Lycodon striatus, Oligodon arnensis, Oligodon taeniolatus, Platyceps rhodorachis, Platyceps ventromaculatus, Ptyas mucosus, Spalerosophis atriceps, Xenochrophis piscator, Gloydius himalayanus, Bungarus caeruleus, Naja oxiana, Typhlops porrectus, Echis carinatus).
Versicolor (0.46%) were also isolated in remarkable numbers (Figure-2).
The diseases which we came across and included in our study are Vitiligo, Pityriasis versicolor, Pityriasis alba, Nevus anemicus, Nevus depigmentosus, Post-inflammatory hyperpigmentation, Atopic dermatitis, Tinea incognito and Seborrhoeic dermatitis.
(2011) reported a drop in mass loss of 22 and 60 percent compared with unmodified basswood exposed to Trametes versicolor and Gloeophyllum trabeum fungi, respectively.
The most notorious are firefly femmes fatales, which include females of Photuris versicolor and several other species.